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Queensland Derby
The Queensland Derby is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at, set weights, run over a distance of 2400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia in June during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prize money is A$1,000,000. Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season, the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse with a shorter distance of 2200 metres. History The race was first run at the Gayndah Racecourse in 1868, before moving to Eagle Farm in 1871. File:Lough Neagh 1937 AJC Randwick Cumberland Plate Trainer Tim Brosnan.jpg, Lough Neagh, 1931 winner File:GayndahJockeyClubStatue.JPG, Statue recognising the first running of the Queensland Derby in Gayndah * Race was held twice in 1870, Grafton winning both runnings. Venue * 2015 - Doomben Racecourse * 2017 - Doomben Racecourse 2200m Winners * 2022 - Pinarello * 2021 - Kukeracha * 2020 - ‡''race not held'' *2019 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Farm Racecourse
Eagle Farm Racecourse is a heritage-listed horse racing venue in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located at the northern end of Racecourse Road in the suburb of Ascot, from the Brisbane central business district. The turf track is wide, with a circumference of and a home straight of . Races are run in a clockwise direction. Doomben Racecourse is located nearby in the same suburb. History The Eagle Farm Racecourse was established in 1863 and it is now the premier racecourse in Brisbane. In 1889–1890, the architecture partnership Hunter and Corrie and architect John H. Buckeridge jointly designed the grandstands, known as the ''Paddock Stands''. They also designed stables and sheds. In 1941 the racecourse was taken over by the military authorities to house thousands of American troops during the Pacific War. It was then known as U.S. Camp Ascot. Heritage listing A combined entry Eagle Farm Racecourse and Ascot Railway Station was listed on the Queensland Herita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lough Neagh (horse)
Lough Neagh (1928-1945) was an Australian chestnut Thoroughbred gelding, developed into an 'Iron Horse' of the Australian turf by Brisbane trainer and owner Tim Brosnan raced from a two-year-old to a ten-year-old winning on wet or dry tracks recording 32 wins from 5 furlongs to 2 miles with regular jockey's being Ted Tanwan and Fred Shean. Breeding Lough Neagh was bred by Bill Glasson of Manapouri Stud on the Darling Downs, Queensland by the unraced sire Bachelor's Persse (IRE) was purchased at the Brisbane yearling sales for 100 guineas and was imported as a yearling by Mr De Burgh Persse in 1914. Dam Terentia (AUS) was bred at the Lyndhurst Stud at Warwick, Queensland by the stud's then owner C.E. McDougall one of Australia's greatest studmasters. Racing career Lough Neagh raced between 1930 -1938 during a golden era of the Australian turf and raced for nine seasons winning many major races and defeated the champions Nightmarch, Peter Pan, Rogilla and Hall Mark and holds a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Group Races
This List of Australian Group races is recognized as a list of Australia's classified Black type thoroughbred horse races. The Pattern Committee of the Australian Racing Board (ARB) recommends which races shall be designated as Group and Listed races for the racing season. The current list is for the 2019–2020 Australian Racing season and the 2019–2020 which began on Monday, 1 August 2019. Group 1,2 and 3 races Click on the sort symbol at the top of the columns to sort on a particular field. ''Notes:'' Listed races In addition to the above Group 1, 2 and 3 races there are approximately 280 grade 4 races which are known as Listed races. All of these races were collectively known as Principal Races until about 1979. Racecourse distribution The following table displays the distribution of Group Races by racecourses. ''Legend:'' See also * Group races, the European equivalent * Graded stakes race, the North American equivalent * List of British fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 January 2020, in Victoria, when a man who had returned from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, tested positive for the virus. , Australia has reported over 9,588,977 cases, over 9,224,255 recoveries, and 12,200 deaths. Victoria's second wave having the highest fatality rate per case. In March 2020, the Australian government established the intergovernmental National Cabinet and declared a human biosecurity emergency in response to the outbreak. Australian borders were closed to all non-residents on 20 March, and returning residents were required to spend two weeks in supervised quarantine hotels from 27 March. Many individual states and territories also closed their borders to varying degrees, with some remaining closed until late 2020, and contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulloch (horse)
Tulloch (foaled in New Zealand in 1954 and died in 1969) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the greatest Australian stayers. He won at distances from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 2 miles (3,200 m), established Australian records at 10 furlongs (1960 Cox Plate) and 12 furlongs (1957 Caulfield Cup), and took 2 seconds off Phar Lap's 28-year-old record for the AJC Derby. As a three-year-old Tulloch won 14 of his 16 starts before he was struck down by a virus which kept him off the racing scene for almost two years. He returned to racing as an autumn five-year-old and won 15 of his last 24 races. Tulloch was one of the five inaugural horse inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, alongside Carbine, Phar Lap, Bernborough and Kingston Town. Tulloch is also an inductee in the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. Background Tulloch was a bay or brown colt foaled in 1954 at Trelawney Stud, Cambridge, New Zealand. He was by the good racehorse and si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Century (horse)
Named by Clarke Anthony Shields, 'Double Century was a notable Australian Thoroughbred race horse. A son of Century (AUS) from the mare Hello Love (AUS), he was foaled in 1975 and was trained throughout his career by Ron McDonell. Double Century was part owned by Clarke Anthony Shields and Ron McDonell. Racing record Double Century raced in each of his 2YO, 3YO and 4YO seasons but remarkable every one of his wins was recorded in his 3YO year. His best ‘win’ was the 1979 AJC Derby which he won by ¾ of a length in race record time but was subsequently demoted to second place following a protest. The race was awarded to the second placed horse, the champion Dulcify. He was also unlucky to encounter another champion in Kingston Town, running second to him in the 1980 Sydney Cup and Tancred Stakes. In the same season he also ran second to Ming Dynasty in the Australian Cup. Despite his string of second placings in good races he was successful in three Group 1 races as a 3YO, v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Town (horse)
Kingston Town (31 August 1976 – March 1991) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won three Cox Plates and 11 other Group One races and was the 1980 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year. Background He was by Bletchingly, later a Leading sire in Australia, his dam, Ada Hunter (GER) was by Andrea Mantegna (FR). Ada Hunter was the dam of nine foals, but Private Thoughts (a brother to Kingston Town) was her only other stakes winner. She was later exported to the United States. Kingston Town was bred by David Hains, who sold a share in him to G. Monsborough and his wife after the horse failed to reach his reserve as a yearling. Racing career He was trained throughout his career by Tommy Smith and ridden in 25 of his 30 wins by Malcolm Johnston. Kingston Town made his debut as a two-year-old, and, in his only start as a colt, ran last, but returned as a gelding in the final weeks of the season to win the Round Table Handicap at Rosehill at odds of 33/1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strawberry Road
Strawberry Road (28 September 1979 – 1 June 1995) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who went on to race in Germany, France, the United States, and Japan. Bred in New South Wales, he was by the 'superbly-bred' Whiskey Road (Nijinsky- Bowl of Flowers) out of Giftisa (by Rich Gift - a grandson of Nasrullah and Abernant). Racing career In Australia Trained by Doug Bougoure, Strawberry Road had two starts late in his two-year-old season before making a winning start to the new season on 11 August 1982, in the Queensland Maiden Handicap at Eagle Farm. Following a spell, he progressed from an Improvers to a Graduation with four wins in a row. Taken to Sydney, and stepped up to stakes company, he finished second to Marscay (the previous year's Golden Slipper winner) in the Hobartville Stakes, and, after two further lead-up runs, recorded his first Group One wins in the Rosehill Guineas and the AJC Derby. Back in Queensland, following a brief let-up, Strawberry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rough Habit
Rough Habit (2 December 1986 – 7 November 2014) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One (G1) races on both sides of the Tasman, and won New Zealand's Horse of the Year Award in 1992 and 1995. Background Rough Habit, a bay gelding with a distinctive white blaze trailing over his near-side nostril, was foaled on 2 December 1986. He was sired by Roughcast (USA) out of Certain Habit (NZ) by Ashabit (GB). Certain Habit was the dam of 11 named foals that were produced in Australia and New Zealand, producing 2 stakes winners in Rough Habit and Citi Habit. Racing record Rough Habit was trained by John Wheeler, and had nine campaigns in Australia, from three to eight years of age. He won Group One races in Sydney and Melbourne and won six of his 11 Group One races at the Brisbane winter carnivals, where his wins included the Queensland Derby, two Stradbroke Handicaps, and a record three Doomben Cups. Rough Habit won 21 feature races from 1,400 to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freemason (horse)
Freemason was an Australian racehorse from the early 2000s. He was owned by the Inghams and trained by John Hawkes. His most famous win was the 2003 BMW Stakes where he raced neck and neck down the straight with Northerly and just prevailed. He won A$3,482,440. References Freemason's racing recordFreemason's pedigree and racing stats See also List of millionaire racehorses in Australia Top prize money earners – Australian and New Zealand horses * denotes still racing The criteria for inclusion in the above list are as follows. The purpose of these criteria is to include only horses that should be recognised as being Austr ... 1996 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 9-e Racehorses bred in Australia Racehorses trained in Australia {{Racehorse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Dream (horse)
Dark Dream (foaled 30 October 2014) is a Thoroughbred racehorse trained and bred in Australia. He won the Queensland Derby, a Group One race, and has won over half a million dollars. Career Australia Dark Dream had his first race 21 November 2017, starting as a $15 outsider. Breaking his maiden on debut, he collected $16710 winnings. His next two races were seconds at Kembla Grange and Royal Randwick. Dark Dream had his next win on a Friday night at Canterbury Park in January 2018. With betting opening at $3.50, he jumped as $1.60 favourite, winning by a length and a half. Returning in March 2018, Dark Dream had two seconds before travelling to Brisbane to race in the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic, where, "he charged hard late before missing by just 0.1L. No other horse ever looked likely and there was a 5.5L margin between Dark Dream and hethird placegetter." A fortnight later, Dark Dream won the Rough Habit Plate. Starting from a wide gate, he had to use up energy to settle thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Quickie
Mr Quickie (foaled 10 August 2015) is a retired multiple Group 1 winning Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse. Background Mr Quickie was a A$115,000 Magic Millions purchase for Dalziel Racing from the Rosemont Stud draft. Rosemont Stud remained in the ownership and also stand his sire Shamus Award. Racing career Un-raced as a two-year-old, Mr Quickie made his debut on the 25 September 2018 at Murtoa Racecourse, where he finished in second placing. Mr Quickie then proceeded to win 9 of his next 12 starts, which culminated on 8 June 2019 with his first Group One victory at Eagle Farm in the Queensland Derby. He was backed in from $5.50 to start a $2.80 favourite. He defeated Vow And Declare by just under a length who would later go on that year to win the Melbourne Cup. Mr Quickie had to survive a protest from jockey Damien Oliver on board Vow And Declare, however this was dismissed by stewards. Mr Quickie's next victory was his second Group One on 10 October 2020 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
